86R14537 AJZ-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 1908
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1908:
By: Goodwin C.S.H.B. No. 1908
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the
driver responsibility program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 708.158, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) A person must provide information to the court in which
the person is convicted of the offense that is the basis for the
surcharge to establish that the person is indigent. The following
documentation may be used as proof:
(1) a copy of the person's most recent federal income
tax return that shows that the person's income or the person's
household income does not exceed 125 percent of the applicable
income level established by the federal poverty guidelines;
(2) a copy of the person's most recent statement of
wages that shows that the person's income or the person's household
income does not exceed 125 percent of the applicable income level
established by the federal poverty guidelines; [or]
(3) documentation from a federal agency, state agency,
or school district that indicates that the person or, if the person
is a dependent as defined by Section 152, Internal Revenue Code of
1986, the taxpayer claiming the person as a dependent, receives
assistance from:
(A) the food stamp program or the financial
assistance program established under Chapter 31, Human Resources
Code;
(B) the federal special supplemental nutrition
program for women, infants, and children authorized by 42 U.S.C.
Section 1786;
(C) the medical assistance program under Chapter
32, Human Resources Code;
(D) the child health plan program under Chapter
62, Health and Safety Code; or
(E) the national free or reduced-price lunch
program established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.; or
(4) evidence that the person was represented by
appointed counsel at the person's trial.
(c) As soon as practicable after the date the court receives
information described by Subsection (b) establishing that a person
is indigent, the court shall notify the department that the person
is indigent for the purposes of this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.